Dwyer safety Shawn Boone, the No. 3 ranked prospect in Palm Beach County's Class of 2014, committed to North Carolina State tonight after an in-home visit, per multiple media reports. Boone chose the Wolfpack over Penn State and Arkansas, both of which had significant coaching turnover during the recruiting dead period the past month. Boone is a consensus three-star rated player according to 247sports.com, but he is a ready-to-play prospect...

At times, it's been a tough spring for Miami freshman Zack Collins. But Sunday afternoon, the former American Heritage star blasted a pair of home runs to help the Hurricanes pick up a 12-5 win over No. 25 N.C. State in Raleigh. With Sunday's victory, the Hurricanes recorded their second sweep of an ACC opponent this season. They swept Boston College earlier this month. After Friday's series opener was suspended because of weather, Miami won the game 2-1 after it was resumed Saturday.

Pahokee defensive back Jarvis Byrd committed to NC State. His other options were Southern Miss., Troy and Buffalo, which made the decision easier. Byrd registered 60 tackles his junior year. Byrd is the fifth Pahokee player to commit along with Brandin Hawthorne (Michigan), Vincent Smith (Michigan), Nu'Keese Richardson (Florida) and Jaquan Bentley (Alabama State). More from the Muck Bowl: Pahokee made around $30,000 from ticket sales, but have to shell out $17,000 for security costs. OUCH.

Miami played with a sense of urgency throughout the second half and even took a late lead, but in the end, N.C. State proved too much for the mistake-prone Hurricanes. The Wolfpack held the Hurricanes scoreless for more than two minutes inside the game's final minutes and capitalized on 15 Miami turnovers to hang on for a 67-58 win over Miami in the second round of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro. Miami overcame a seven-point second half deficit to tie the score 53-53 with 3:04 to play, but the Wolfpack scored 10 unanswered.

Two months ago, Pahokee defensive back Jarvis Byrd was starting to wonder if he'd be playing at a BCS conference school next season. He'd watched schools like Michigan and Florida come and go, drooling over his teammates, but not him. Finally, NC State came along with the best offer. Mid-way through November he committed to NC State and all of the sudden teams started to come out of the woodwork. The attention was flattering, but didn't make him seriously think twice about parting ways with NC State until FSU swooped into the picture.

A good highlight tape is usually critical in getting a college coach's attention. I know the majority in football players in Palm Beach County have them, but a number of them also have them posted on sites such as You Tube. Here are some links for a few players from the area. Post a comment with the link to other players' films worth watching. Brandan Bishop, senior defensive back Boca Raton. (Bishop just got offers from NC State and West Virginia last week to add to offers from Western Michigan and FIU.)

RALEIGH, N.C. - Surrounded by family in a cool back-arena hallway, Reggie Johnson nearly giggled. All 6-foot-10, 292 pounds of Miami basketball pride glowed. Maybe 20 minutes earlier, he was being mobbed by teammates just inside PNC Bank Arena. He jawed a little with the NC State students, but there was that smile. His season was back on track. Miami's dream year continued. Johnson's left-handed tip-in with 0.8 left in game helped the Hurricanes a 79-78 escape with a win in front of a sold-out NC State crowd of 19,557.

It has become trendy to say conference tournaments don't mean anything, but as we hit "Selection Sunday" for the NCAA Tournament, some conference tourney losses in the past three days leave the identity of two No. 1 seeds a mystery. The NCAA's field of 65 will be unveiled today at 6 p.m., and while Arizona and Kentucky are locks to be No. 1 seeds -- Arizona will get one despite a first-round loss to UCLA in the Pacific-10 tourney -- losses by Kansas and Wake Forest on Saturday, Texas on Friday and Marquette on Thursday in their league get-togethers mean the other two No. 1s are a big question.

CORAL GABLES — Miami forward Kenny Kadji was named All-ACC Third Team and guard Shane Larkin garnered a spot on the All-ACC Freshman Team. Also, guard Durand Scott received Honorable Mention honors. The All-ACC teams were announced Monday afternoon on the basis of votes from 62 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Kadji received 45 votes, two more than Plumlee, who had the fewest votes of the third-teamers. Scott received 26 votes. Kadji, a 6-foot-11, 251-pound junior who sat out last season as a transfer from Florida, was Miami's second-leading scorer (12.9 ppg)

If there's a checklist of brutal ways to lose basketball games, this season it seems the Miami Hurricanes are trying to work their way down it, especially when playing at home. There have been blown opportunities in overtime. They've let late leads slip away. They've missed crucial free throws in final minutes. And more than once, an opponent's best player has taken the floor at the BankUnited Center and looked like a potential All-American after figuring out how to overcome Miami's matchup zone.

The shame of this winter for Jim Larrañaga, who built the most fascinating season in college basketball a year ago, is how the fear for this season, the No. 1 fear, keeps repeating itself. Even before Saturday's latest example, Larrañaga was texted by a friend, "Good luck. " "That's what we need," he texted back. And then Miami went out and lost another heart-wrencher to North Carolina State, 56-55, by the same script it constantly has this season. Needing a basket. Seconds to play.

Former South Broward star Krystal Saunders picked a good day to put together a career performance at Miami. Saunders scored 22 points Sunday helping pace the Hurricanes to an 80-71 upset of 20th-ranked N.C. State. at the Bank United Center. It was Miami's first win over a ranked opponent this season and it came on a day when the school's athletic department launched its "You Can Play" movement celebrating the diversity of Miami athletes. The Hurricanes led by as many as 13 and were able to hold off a late N.C. State rally thanks in part to Saunders' strong play and some clutch free throws at the end. Saunders was 6-for-8 from 3-point range and had seven rebounds, while the Hurricanes as a team converted on 17 of 21 free-throw attempts.

Dwyer safety Shawn Boone, the No. 3 ranked prospect in Palm Beach County's Class of 2014, committed to North Carolina State tonight after an in-home visit, per multiple media reports. Boone chose the Wolfpack over Penn State and Arkansas, both of which had significant coaching turnover during the recruiting dead period the past month. Boone is a consensus three-star rated player according to 247sports.com, but he is a ready-to-play prospect...

Cypress Bay football coach Mark Guandolo surveyed the mob in the school media center like a proud papa on Wednesday morning. "This is why you do this. This is why you coach," Guandolo said. "You want to see them go on and have an opportunity at the next level. " Five of Guandolo's players signed letters-of-intent on National Signing Day, including star wide receiver Alex Montgomery, who will play at Kentucky, and running back Matt Dayes, bound for N.C. State. The football players were joined by athletes from boys and girls soccer, softball, boys tennis and boys golf as students, parents and well-wishers milled about, taking pictures and munching on cake.

Matt Dayes was sold on N.C. State – until the Wolfpack changed coaching staffs. When Tom O'Brien was fired in late November, Dayes wavered. "It did affect me," said Dayes, who rushed for 1,800 yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior at Cypress Bay. " I didn't know what to expect with the new coach and the new offense they were bringing in. " But conversations with new Wolfpack coach Dave Doren, who led Northern Illinois to 12 wins and an Orange Bowl appearance last season, allayed his concerns.

After a strong start, Lisa Beck, a Florida State freshman and a former Cardinal Newman cross country star, has been slowed by a nagging abdominal injury (diaphragm strain). But her coaches say she has a brilliant future. "She`s done very well," said head Seminole track coach Terry Long. "It`s an awfully big adjustment from Cardinal Newman to Division 1. Those injuries have affected her breathing and have kept her subpar, but she`s a great girl. A very good competitor. She has too much character not to be successful.

Plantation defensive tackle Monty Nelson didn't need to wait until Wednesday's National Signing Day to make his commitment - he wanted to get a head start on being part of the N.C. State football program. So Nelson committed to new N.C. State coach Dave Doeren on his official visit Saturday, making him the second Broward county prospect to join the Wolfpack this week. The commitment was first confirmed by the N.C. State magazine The Wolfpacker, and later confirmed by Plantation coach Steve Davis: Congratulations to Monty Nelson on his commitment tonight to North Carolina State.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Surrounded by family in a cool back-arena hallway, Reggie Johnson nearly giggled. All 6-foot-10, 292 pounds of Miami basketball pride glowed. Maybe 20 minutes earlier, he was being mobbed by teammates just inside PNC Bank Arena. He jawed a little with the NC State students, but there was that smile. His season was back on track. Miami's dream year continued. Johnson's left-handed tip-in with 0.8 left in game helped the Hurricanes a 79-78 escape with a win in front of a sold-out NC State crowd of 19,557.